The Future is Here: What ’s New and Exciting in Medical Materials

The medical device industry is at the peak of innovation, believes Asmita Khanolkar, manager, manufacturing engineering, CeQur. To meet the requirements of today’s complex devices, new materials are needed, she said. Key areas of research include advances in biomaterials, medical electronics, soft materials, and new raw materials for rapid prototyping and additive and subtractive manufacturing, she told MD+DI. Khanolkar will be exploring emerging materials in the upcoming BIOMEDevice Boston April 18 session, “What’s New & Exciting in Medical Materials.” She’ll look at 5- and 10-year trends in biomaterials, medical electronics, plastics, and soft materials, and explore cutting-edge applications being used by today’s medical device engineers. Khanolkar has more than 22 years of manufacturing experience specializing in medical devices, working on projects in diabetes management, surgical devices, orthopedics, respiratory products, cardio products, patient safety and health monitoring devices, biomedical and cell regeneration devices, drug delivery, sports regenerative surgery, blood collection, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, needle protection, and airway products. MD+DI asked Khanolkar a few questions to better understand some of these emerging materials and how they could enable tomorrow’s medical device innovations. MD+DI: Why are new materials needed? Khanolkar: Evolution in science, technology, and manufacturing and the convergence of these technologies ...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: BIOMEDevice Boston Materials Source Type: news